Daily Briefing: OpenAI Says Chat Is Dead, Rebuilds ChatGPT for Tasks

Ars Technica reports OpenAI is preparing its biggest-ever ChatGPT overhaul, moving away from the conversational chat model toward a task-execution platform built around AI agents, coding tools, automation, and third-party integrations. Internal documents reportedly describe chat as 'dead' as a primary interaction model. The timing — ahead of a potential IPO and after the S&P 500 committee signaled it won't waive profitability requirements — suggests this is as much about demonstrating platform-level value to investors as it is about user experience. We explore what this means for current ChatGPT users and the competitive dynamics driving the shift, plus quick updates on Apple's Siri rebuild, Meta's AI chatbot security breach, agent-targeting malware, and major G ...